Box Score (Box
Score)
WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.H. - Sophomore Bryan
Kriner (Newport, R.I.) scored two goals and senior goalie
Aaron Runner (Alpharetta, Ga.) made 38 saves
Saturday evening as Plymouth State University defeated Salem State
College, 4-2, in a Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
(MASCAC) men's ice hockey game at Waterville Valley Arena.
The win was the
second MASCAC victory in three days for PSU as the Panthers improve
to 8-6 overall and 5-3 in conference play. The Vikings
suffered their first conference loss of the season, dropping to
7-5-1 overall and 6-1-1 in the MASCAC.
Kriner scored
on the power play midway through the third period to extend PSU's
lead to 3-1 and he added an empty netter in the final minute, his
team-leading 11th of the season, to seal the win.
Runner's 38 saves was a career best, and included 10 stops in the
third period when PSU withstood a major penalty and a 5-on-3
situation.
Freshmen
Richie Zobak (Evergreen Park, Ill.) and
Alex Cottle (West Chester, Pa.) scored power play
goals for PSU in the first two periods, sandwiched around a power
play marker by Salem State's Brett Noll (Sagamore, Mass.).
After Kriner's PPG midway through the third period put PSU up 3-1,
senior Damen Nisula (Gardner, Mass.) tallied a short-handed
goal to cut the margin to 3-2. But Runner held down the fort
and Kriner sealed the win with the empty netter.
Three other
Panthers collected two assists apiece -- juniors Sean
Buckley (Sagamore Beach, Mass.) and Andrew
Stewart (O'Leary, PEI) and freshman JC
Richardson (Fort Collins, Colo.)
PSU, which has
played five straight home games, hits the road for its next two,
beginning Thursday at UMass Dartmouth (7:30 p.m.). Salem
State returns home after a pair of road games to host Fitchburg
State on Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
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